Feminist thought and the totalitarian interloper: On rhetoric and the fear of 'dangerous thinking'

Economy and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-587

  Bell, Vikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Feminist theory; Hannah Arendt; Judith Butler; Martha Nussbaum; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036859968     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308514022000020706     Document Type: Article

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